Crackdown on BDS:

Criminalization of Dissent?

On February 18, 2016 Canadian parliament passed a motion condemning “any and all attempts by Canadian organizations, groups or individuals to promote the BDS [Boycott Divestment Sanctions against Israeli apartheid] movement, both here at home and abroad.”

What are the legal implications of this motion? Is BDS being criminalized?

What is the political and transnational context?

How have activists and university campuses been affected by the vilification of BDS?

What does this mean for the BDS movement?

This forum and discussion addresses the recent anti-BDS offensive including legal, campus-based, labour, and social movement reflections and analysis.